Music will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a fountain of joy alive in you.
01707 – Music Keeps Joy Alive in You
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01705 – Metaphor of an Old Church
Think of me as an old church: The floors are gone, the walls are moldy and bend with the winds and the rains, the roof allows too much light and too much migratory membership, but every once in a while, there is beautiful music, an inspiring snatch of words, and a...
01677 – Hope & Faith; Hearing & Dancing
Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is having the courage to dance to it today.
01659 – Why Compose? Why Talk?
I compose music because I must give expression to my feelings, just as I talk because I must give utterance to my thoughts.
01446 – Musical Training: A Potent Instrument
Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
01367 – Feeding the Psyche
The psyche is boundlessly rich. Fed by people, and places, the natural world, by art and music, not to mention various cultural symbols, our reservoir of imagery is brimming--if we take time to notice. from The Nature of Music
01249 – Preferences & Principles
If it pleases Jesus to distribute his voice among a wide range of singers and musical dialects, it would profit us to accommodate our preferences and principles to his. from With One Voice: Discovering Christ’s Song in Our Worship
01178 – Worship: The Church’s Offering to God
Every act of worship should be understood as part of the Church's offering to God. "Any action that does not meet with that qualification does not deserve to be a part of a worship experience." [C. Weldon Gaddy, The Gift of Worship] All the music, from prelude to...
01175 – Indifference: Worse than Despair
Why are people indifferent? Don't people understand that indifference is probably the worst plague that exists in life? It is worse than despair. Despair is a beginning. Despair can inspire you to create great works of art, music, literature, philosophy, theology....
01168 – What is the Purpose of a Choir?
What is the purpose of a choir? It's not to perform difficult music before a silent and intimidated (or irritated) congregation. It's not there to impress the faithful. It's there to encourage the faithful to find their voices to praise God in his holiness. It is...